THICKNESS CONTROL In the LIVING CORNEA
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The mechanisms by which the normal cornea maintains its thickness and hence its transparency in vivo are elucidated by an unsteady-state description of corneal mass transport. All modes of transport-diffusion and convection of solute, hydraulic and osmotic flow of solvent, and active transport by the corneal cells themselves-are of necessity included in the analysis. An a priori calculation of corneal dynamics based on this model shows good agreement with experiment. The physiological insights thus gained have clinical implications as well, and a number of these are mentioned briefly.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015